Gilbert de Choiseul du Plessis Praslin

Jean Morin after Philippe de Champaigne

Associated Names
Jean Morin

Artist, French, c. 1600 - 1650

Philippe de Champaigne

Artist After, French, 1602 - 1674

The image is an engraved portrait of a man. He is depicted in a forward-facing position, with his head slightly turned to his left. The man has a solemn expression with pronounced facial features, including a high forehead and a small mouth. His hair is medium-length, curly, and light in color, with a center parting. He is wearing a clerical garment with a prominent, stiff collar and a cross hanging from his neck. The background consists of a decorative frame with an octagonal shape, which contains inscriptions in Latin on its borders. The background behind the figure is lightly hatched.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, engraving, and stippling on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31 x 25.1 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 32.3 x 25.2 cm (12 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.25.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Mazel 2004, no. 58, State i/iv

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1945

  • Hornibrook, Murray and Charles Petitjean. Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits by Jean Morin (c.1590-1650). Cambridge: University Press, 1945.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil 51.

2004

  • Mazel, Jean. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Morin. Paris, 2004.

Inscriptions

around circumference in plate in border: GILBERTVS.DE.CHOISEVL.CONSILIARIVS.REGIS.INEIVS.CONSILIIS.ET.EPISCOPVS.COMINGENSIS; lower left in plate: Ph Champaigne pinx; lower right in plate: I Morin scul pr iu. Regis; lRv//in graphite: C.38924 / RD50 / H&P 14 I/3

Watermarks

(H/P watermark 2)

Wikidata ID

Q74046150

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